Κάθαια

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κάθαια OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #10
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 346.13 | Billerbeck: Κ10
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 18
Entities: Κάθαια (Kathaea (city)) [place], Καθαιαῖος (Kathaean; citizen of Kathaea) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: from the Olbians (i.e., named after people from Olbia); Borrowing Non Greek: it is interpreted thus in Phrygian or Ionian (i.e., the name is explained as Phrygian or Ionian in origin); Morphological Composition: the ethnic form is Kadios, plural Kadioi (i.e., the inhabitants are called Kadioi) — comment on formation
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Κάθαια, πόλις Ἰνδική. τιμῶσι δὲ τοὺς καλοὺς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὥστε βασιλέα τὸν κάλλιστον αἱροῦνται. ὁ πολίτης Καθαιαῖος.
Kathaia: an Indian city. They honour handsome men so much that they choose as king the most handsome. Citizen: Kathaiaios.

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